The movie will be called White Buffalo and the 51-year-old Botha said Momentum Pictures in Los Angeles will make the movie.
Botha, whose white goatee made him an easily recognisable fighter, competed against the likes of Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis , Evander Holyfield , Wladimir Klitschko and Michael Moorer during his stay in the US. He is now based in Durban.
"The movie should be a good one. It's a real life story about me during the apartheid era; I trained with pros and amateurs in dark corners of the country. That is where I learned about boxing," said Botha who came back to SA in 2009 to win the WBF belt in Potchefstroom. Botha's career began with promoter Thinus Strydom of World Sports Promotions until American Don King 'stole" him from his compatriot.
"If you listen carefully to the lyrics of Bob Marley's song Buffalo Soldier it talks about my life; it was my ring entrance song. Look, my brother, I was stolen from Africa, brought to America; fighting on arrival and fighting for survival," said Botha who spent over a decade in the US.
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